Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 87.64 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Sri Lanka, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Sri Lanka is 87.64, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Sri Lanka peaked at 87.64 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 67.08, in 2005.
That places Sri Lanka 39th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 67.08 | — |
| 2006 | 67.08 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 67.08 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 67.08 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 67.08 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 67.08 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 67.08 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 67.39 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 74.27 | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 80.83 | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 80.83 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 81.61 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 82.53 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 87.64 | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 87.64 | +0.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 87.64 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.65, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 87.64 is above the median for South Asia, which is 58.97, 1.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.08 | 67.08 | 67.08 | 5 |
| 2010s | 77.69 | 67.08 | 87.64 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More reference data data for Sri Lanka
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1608 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.316 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1784 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.539 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1604 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9713 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Sri Lanka?
- Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Sri Lanka was 87.64 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 87.64 in 2018.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.08 in 2005.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
- Sri Lanka ranks 39th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for time to comply with tax laws benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.